For nearly three decades, the Tällberg Foundation has been deepening our understanding of issues related to leadership and change in society and business. The Foundation’s main focus of activity is to gather leaders from around the world and from a variety of backgrounds for discussions and reflection.
At a time when historic challenges face humanity, business-as-usual is not good enough. Tinkering at the margins of the existing industrial, fossil-fuel based economic system, with its 50-year old global governance system and nation-state political system just will not do. The world needs new, creative solutions rooted on our interconnectedness, systemic interdependence and a leadership of courage and integrity.
Many such solutions are being pioneered by leaders everywhere and in all walks of life of our societies. However, old institutions, frameworks and structures are stifling this emergence. The need for new ideas and strategies to deal with our common challenges is greater than ever. The activities of the Tällberg Foundation are a contribution in this direction.
Main activities• Annual Forum at Tällberg, Sweden and from 2-5 June 2010, Tällberg Foundation and YES Inc are organzing the 5th Global Youth Summit -
Rework the World• Other workshops and seminars
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Projects• Studies and research programs
• Leadership development initiatives
• Publishing
Main assets
Over the years, the Tällberg Foundation has through the events that it produces established itself as a globally recognized meeting convenor. Its main assets are:
- Its unique international network of several thousands of decision-makers, thought-leaders and entrepreneurs from business and society from all sectors and countries;
- Its institutional independence which gives it a unique convening power without ever having to pay speakers fees;
- World-class competencies in process design and concept and program development;
- The commitment to systems thinking and wholeness in all its work;
- A proven track-record of cost-effectiveness and professionalism.
Beyond the annual Forum, the foundation is developing and growing in many ways. On 2-5 June 2010, The Tällberg Foundation in partnership with the global network of young leaders, YES Inc, has launched a very ambitious initiative called Rework the World. It builds towards the 5th Global YES Summit in Tällberg/Leksand, Sweden that will mobilize 2000 people from all over the world around promising efforts that drive sustainability and create jobs.
Learning journeys have taken groups of leaders to Greenland. A booklet, “Tällberg Provocation: Grasping the Climate Crisis”, was published to coincide with the climate negotiation meeting in Poznan in December 2008, as was the first Tällberg Paper "We can't negotiate with Nature" by Anders Wijkman and Johan Rockström just before COP15. All in all, the Tällberg Foundation is realizing its strategy of growth in influence and volume.
Influence and Tällberg Experience
It has thus far been the foundation’s policy not to make declarations or recommendations, even though it is increasingly asked to participate in the public debate with reflections, analyses and recommendations. The motto has been "with every new insight comes a new responsibility", and actions and results are therefore up to the participants. Over the years, there have been numerous initiatives as a result of insights that Tällberg Forum participants have had. For instance, the ideas behind the Global Compact (a UN-led corporate social responsibility initiative) grew out of discussions in Tällberg in 1996. The Carbon Principles (new guidelines for institutional investors in the power generation industry) adopted by Wall Street investment firms in 2008 follow on the Tällberg Forum 2007. Corporate strategy in large global corporations has been reshaped, and influential articles and books have been written as a result of Tällberg conversations.
A non-profit organization
The Tällberg Foundation is an independent non-profit orgaization. The Foundation is based in Stockholm and Tällberg, Sweden, but interacts with numerous partners around the world. The Tällberg Forum oand other foundation activities are made possible through the generous support of its many private and public contributors. Lead contributor for 2009-2010 is Svenska PostkodLotteriet.
Vision
The vision of the Tällberg Foundation is an equitable and secure world for humankind and nature.
Mission
The mission of the Tällberg Foundation is to foresee global systems problems emerging out of imbalances between earth systems and the human endeavor to support economic growth, poverty eradication, energy provision and all peoples equity and security.
Strategy
The strategy of the Tällberg Foundation is to support leaders in their design of governance, policies and business strategy for a sustainable globalization.